Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

VDA

• Citrix VDA Commandline Installer Helper Tool – Citrix Blog Post

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.8 – Office 365 User Layers, Export/Import Layers

HDX

• Challenges of DPI Scaling for high resolution displays in Citrix – Citrix Blog Post

WEM/Profile Management

• UPM 7.16 has a Large File Handling feature (for .ost files) – CTA James Rankin on Twitter
• Install Citrix WEM on Windows Server Core – James Kindon

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.1000 and HDX RealTime Media Engine 2.4 for Windows bundle
• New guide: Delivering Microsoft Skype for Business to XenApp and XenDesktop Users

NetScaler Gateway

• How to have a random Background Image on NetScaler Gateway Page – rewrite “\”/logon/themes/background_images/desktop_\”+ sys.RANDOM.MUL(7).ADD(1).TYPECAST_NUM_AT+\”.jpg\””  – Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

• Slide deck from Citrix CTP Paul Stansel Geek Speak: Real-world partner experiences with customer cloud migrations – Azure, Citrix Cloud, limitations, lessons learned

Other

• NVIDIA virtual GPU software 5.2 (384.111/386.09) January 2018

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• For XenDesktop Local Host Cache to work correctly, the PowerShell execution policy on each Controller must be set to RemoteSigned, Unrestricted, or Bypass – Citrix Docs
• Starting Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 after cloning the DDC the STA ID will be re-generated if the MAC address changes – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Hotfix ServerVDACoreWX64_7_16_001 – For VDA Core Services 7.16 for Windows Server OS (64-bit) – When a computer policy refresh occurs, random user sessions might disconnect – Citrix KB article

HDX

• Citrix EDT resulted in about 15% more bandwidth consumption on average compared to TCP – Citrix Blog Post
• Some technical details on the Browser Content Redirection feature introduced in Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 – Citrix Blog Post

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Advanced Guidance–Part 2: User Interaction – agent launch, agent actions, agent UI, printing – James Kindon
• FTA with SetUserFTA and WEM – James Kindon
• XenApp Optimization, new in Citrix Profile Management 7.16 – uses Microsoft UE-V templates – CTA George Spiers

StoreFront

• How To Add a Server Identifier to the Citrix StoreFront Page Footer – should work for both Receiver for Web and Receiver for Windows 4.4 and above – Citrix Blog Post
• Add a EULA Checkbox to Citrix StoreFront logon page – CTP Sam Jacobs and Rich Minichiello
• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.1 for HTML5 – custom cursors on Microsoft Edge browser

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.10.1 for Windows – context menu fix, high DPI disabled by default
• Citrix Receiver Auto Updates – HDX RTME for Skype for Windows is included in Citrix Receiver updates – Citrix Docs
• Receiver for iOS in mid-January requires reconfiguration of any client certificates and RSA tokens due to being signed with Zenprise certificate – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service released December 28, 2017  – export Network Functions reports, exclude default certificates from SSL Dashboard, SSL Insight – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• “nsconmsg -d current -g pol_hits” doesn’t apply to Advanced Policies – Try “nsconmsg -d current -g pcb_hits” or “nsconmsg -d current -g _hits” – Citrix Discussions
• How to Configure NetScaler Gateway Authorization Policies for RDP Proxy – REQ.HTTP.URL CONTAINS 10.107.202.67″ ALLOW (TCP rule doesn’t work) – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• The End of Life (EOL) lifecycle date for Citrix QuickEdit for XenMobile is September 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs
• The End of Life (EOL) lifecycle date for XenMobile Secure Notes is September 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.4.0 Standard
• What’s New in VMware Horizon 7.4 & Horizon Client 4.7 – VMware Blog Post
• Download VMware Horizon Clients 4.7
• Download VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.5.1
• Download VMware User Environment Manager 9.3.0
• VMware Horizon Unified Access Gateway Endpoint Compliance Checks – video describing the feature and how to enable it

Other

• Several new Citrix monitoring features in eG 6.3 – Citrix Cloud, EDT protocol, GPO processing time, Outlook addin slowness, Linux VDAs, 7.16 support, connection quality

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

VDA

• Citrix advises holding off on putting the 7.16 VDA into production until you have obtained the fix for LC8937 – Citrix Discussions

WEM/Profile Management

• Powershell Module for Citrix WEM – Part 2 – GPO Import and more – Arjan Mensch

StoreFront

• Citrix Storefront – Add a help button to your Storefront UI – Trentent Tye

NetScaler

• What new SSL features are included in NetScaler 12.0.56.15 release – ECC on backend, 4K cert on backend, DTLS on backend, chacha20 support, unknown certs, and … – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler 12.0 FR3 Traffic Management Enhancements Centered Around Monitors, Persistence and Service Groups – it’s weird they changed the UI without changing the version number – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Citrix Cloud XenMobile Service Onboarding Handbook – 28-page PDF – requirements for NetScaler, Citrix Cloud connector, ShareFile, etc.

Other

• Upgrading to Nutanix AOS 5.5? Please upgrade your Citrix AHV MCS plugin to 1.1.2.0. NOS 5.5 supports TLS1.2 only and MCS 1.1.2.0 supports that. (The plugin was released in Sept) – CTP Kees Baggerman

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

VDA

• XenApp/XenApp 7.16 Server 2016 random disconnects – Citrix is aware of the issue
• Several new Citrix Linux VDA articles describing new features – shadowing, ICA SSL, language inputs, Session Reliability

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Citrix App Layering: “Some recent Windows 10 update from Microsoft is introducing new filesystem stuff which they have not used before.” “Our NTFS tools simply can’t handle the data we’re getting in.” – Citrix Discussions

HDX

• Remote Display Analyzer 2.0 released – RDP, Blast, PCoIP, HDX, NVIDIA GPU, H.265, Transparent mode – Bram Wolfs
• HDX Adaptive Transport – it is recommended to upgrade to Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.10. Older Citrix Receivers might experience fragmentation issues with DTLS – Citrix Docs

WEM/Profile Management

• Powershell to auto create WEM applications based on existing start menu! – Arjan Mensch

StoreFront

• Citrix Storefront – Default to “Store” view if you have no favourited app’s – Trentent Tye

Receiver

• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.4 for Microsoft Skype® for Business LTSR
• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Media Engine 2.4 for Microsoft Skype® for Business LTSR
• You can update the RealTime Connector and RealTime Media Engine in any order. An end user can update the RealTime Media Engine on their device to version 2.4 before you update the RealTime Connector on the server – Citrix Docs

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 56.20 – 4096-bit keys on back end, VPX Express license built in, authorization policies for ICMP, DTLS on back end (VDA), HTTP/2 on back end

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 56.20

NetScaler Gateway

• EPA scan is to be configured as EPA factor in n-factor authentication –  EPA requires NetScaler Enterprise Edition for nFactor? – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

• What’s new in XenMobile Cloud Service 10.7.5 – Monitor tab, Windows AutoPilot, Lost iOS lock screen message, Android for Work: Restrictions, Updates, dangerous Permissions
• Citrix Director for XenMobile Cloud Service – Citrix Blog Post

XenServer

• Several new Citrix articles describing new XenServer 7.3 features – tagged mgmt VLAN, BIOS strings, Changed Block Tracking, IPv4 Multicast

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Smart Tools Blueprint catalog renamed to Checks and Blueprints with Custom Checks on top – Smart Check

VMware

• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.5 U1d
• [Deep Dive] Unified Endpoint Management in VMware AirWatch 9.2 & FP01 – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Identity Manager 3.0 Deep Dive – YouTube

Microsoft

• 54-page post on new Windows 10 1803 features

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

Citrix

• New Citrix in December 2017 – XenServer 7.3 (Changed Block Tracking), Skype Pack 2.4 (LTSR), Secure Browser Service, Google Cloud Platform support, Oracle Cloud Marketplace, Nutanix Workspace Appliance, … – Citrix Blog Post

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Random disconnects in XenDesktop 7.16? – Citrix Discussions

VDA

• XenApp 7.15 CU1 – Blank Icons in Start Menu – Citrix Discussions
• Citrix recommends XenApp/XenDesktop 7.15 Cumulative Update 1 to pilot Windows 10 v1709 as a VDA – Citrix KB article
• Citrix VDA Health Assistant v1.5.0.57 Updated Date: Dec 12, 2017 – Citrix KB article
• Start Menu typing slow on Win10 VDA with NVIDIA GPU enabled – fixed in newer NVIDIA VIB (ESXi) and Driver – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Citrix Provisioning Services does not provide support for Windows 10 Fall Creator (v1709) – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• Convert Citrix StoreFront Details links to stars based on subscription status – Citrix Blog Post

Receiver

• Receiver 4.10: users not able to click on certain context menu items or select items in a combo box – Some problem apps: IE Favorite menu bar, SCCM console context menu, Outlook – downgrade to 4.9 – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Receiver 12.8 for Mac
• HDX 3D Pro Performance comparison of Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.7 with Citrix Receiver for Mac 12.8 – YouTube

NetScaler

• TLS Padding Oracle Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway – updated builds for 10.5, 11.0, 11.1, and 12.0 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler Gateway

• In ICA proxy mode, when user logs out from StoreFront the logout does not trigger on NetScaler Gateway or on the IDP – not supported at this time – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for 10.7.20 public apps (Secure Mail, Secure Web and ShareFile for IOS & Android, and QuickEdit for Android)
• You can now preview attachments (MS Office and images) in enMobile Secure Mail in-app, rather than by opening it using third-party apps, such as QuickEdit – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Mobility Master Class: Security and Workflow Deep Dive – YouTube

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.10.103.0 released Dec 13, 2017
• Download ShareFile StorageZones Controller 5.2 – Google Cloud Platform

XenServer

• Download XenServer 7.3 Enterprise Edition – Tech Preview of XenMotion for vGPU
• With the release of Citrix XenServer 7.3, customers utilizing the free version of XenServer will no longer have access to the following features – Citrix Licensing FAQ – XenServer.org
• You can access the consoles of Citrix VDA 7.16 machines hosted on XenServer Version 7.3 and later directly from Director 7.16 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Workspace is now available for new XenApp and XenDesktop Cloud Service customers – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Tools 10.2.0 – several graphics fixes
• With the release of iOS 11, individually purchased devices can now join a DEP account using Apple Configurator 2 – VMware Blog Post

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.15 LTSR / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR, Cumulative Update 1 (7.15.1000)
  • Fixed issues in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) – Citrix Docs
  • Citrix LTSR Assistant v1.6.0.97 updated with support for XenApp and XenDesktop Long Term Service Release (LTSR) 7.15 CU1 – Citrix KB article
• Rasmus Raun-Nielsen performs some CPU analysis of XenDesktop 7.16 Browser Content Redirection, including client-side GPU – LinkedIn
• Citrix In-session Watermark Technical Preview – Citrix Blog Post

 VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer v1.1.0.32 – Citrix KB article
• VDA optimization is by default included on VDA upgrades – can’t uncheck the optimization option – Maximum Event Log size will reduce to 1.028MB – Citrix KB article

App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.7 – Windows 10 1703 support

WEM/Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.5 – App Security (AppLocker), SDK PowerShell modules, SQL AlwaysOn support, user-centric Process optimization history
• On Windows 10 1709, Citrix Profile Management 7.16 resolves !CTX_OSNAME! to Win10RS2 instead of Win10RS3

 Receiver

• New Citrix Receiver virtual channel to help with AppFlow processing – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Receiver 13.8 for Linux

 NetScaler Gateway

• Newer NetScaler 12.x builds in Q4 2017 will have DTLS = On by default – 11.1.55.10 or 12.0.53.6 builds contain some important DTLS fixes – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service December 07, 2017 – stylebook dependency viewer, YAML editor – Citrix Docs

 NetScaler SD-WAN

• NetScaler Master Class December 2017 – SD-WAN – YouTube

 XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.7 Rolling Patch 2 – Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL – Citrix KB article
• Order of XenMobile timeouts – Forced Time Out (NetScaler Gateway Session policies) > Background Service Ticket > Session Timeout (NetScaler Gateway OS session policies) > Max Offline Period (MDX app) > Inactivity Timer (Client Properties on XMS) – Citrix KB article

 Citrix Cloud

• Building Citrix Cloud Workspace Solutions in Microsoft Azure – 1.5 hour recorded webinar at CUGC

VMware

• VMware Horizon 7.x/6.x Windows 10 Semi Annual Channel support FAQ – VMware Knowledgebase Article
• Download VMware Identity Manager (Workspace ONE) 3.1

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.16 / XenDesktop 7.16, All Editions
  • What’s new in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.16 – Citrix Docs
  • It seems like Citrix License Server :8083 console will eventually replace :8082 console. New functionality.
• Download Citrix AppDNA 7.16
• XenApp/XenDesktop 7.15 Local Host Cache in Action – YouTube video from Trentent Tye
• Citrix MSI Log Analyzer – analyzes failures during install or upgrade or uninstall of XenApp/XenDesktop – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Windows 10 1709 patch KB4051963 to allow Citrix VDA installation seems to be available now
• Planning to upgrade to XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16? Make sure your NetScalers are updated to at least 11.1 b 55.10! Serious EDT bug – CTP Dane Young on Twitter
• SetUserFTA v1.3 – New Feature: Multiple File Type Associations using a Configuration File – Christoph Kolbicz
• Base Image Script Framework (BIS-F) –Version 6.1.0 build 01.100

Director/Monitoring

• Citrix Monitor Service API 7.16 – XenApp/XenDesktop + OData + Excel/PowerBI – Citrix Developer Documentation
• Download Citrix SCOM Management Bundle for XenApp and XenDesktop (2017_10_27)

WEM/Profile Management

• What’s new in Citrix Profile Management 7.16 – Citrix Docs
• WEM Advanced Guidance – Part 1 – James Kindon and Hal Lange at CUGC

Provisioning Services

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.16
• For XenDesktop Setup Wizard in Citrix PVS 7.9 and above, it does not matter what version of XenDesktop you are using – Carl Fallis at Citrix Discussions

StoreFront

• Download Citrix StoreFront 3.13
• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6 for HTML5 – custom cursors in IE/Edge

Receiver

• If you want Receiver Auto-Update to stay with LTSR (4.9) instead of Current Release (4.10), configure Receiver Auto-Update for LTSR only – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Receiver 4.10
• What’s new in Receiver 4.10 – Windows Store Edition, multiple DPI settings, H.265 for NVIDIA GPU, from CLI add store through Gateway, plug-in launch performance improvement, Workspace support – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Receiver 4.10 avoids the DPI cursor scaling issue on Win10 1703 and later – no workaround for Receiver 4.9 (LTSR) – Citrix KB article
• Display DPI scaling configuration with Receiver for Windows 4.10 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• NetScaler firmware 11.0 is End of Maintenance on 30-May-18 – Product Matrix

XenMobile

• SQL Server connections from an on-premises XenMobile Server 10.7 RP 2 can use the default driver, jTDS, or the Microsoft Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.7.4 – Azure AD, Microsoft Store for Business – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Long File Path (greater than 250 characters) support in ShareFile Sync for Windows 3.16 on Win10 1607 and newer – registry key to enable – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Toolbox v7.3.0 – Build 1130 released November 30, 2017 – export clients

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Microsoft SQL Server 2017 support for Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and Provisioning Services – Citrix KB article
• Citrix “Client Folder Redirection” (CFR) is not “Folder Redirection” – use CtxCFRUI.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\ICA Client to configure CFR – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler 11.1 Build 56.15 released Nov 20
  • Fixed in 11.1 build 56 – MAS 12.0 does not process AppFlow records sent from NetScaler 11.1 appliances running build versions lesser than or equal to 55.x.
  • The NetScaler MPX 5900 and NetScaler MPX 8900 platforms are now supported in 11.1 build 56

XenMobile

• Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL devices are now supported with XenMobile Apps version 10.7.15 or later – Citrix KB article
• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for iOS & Android 10.7.15 public apps released 22 November

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.3.2
• VMware strongly recommends that customers running VMware Horizon 7.3.1 and using Instant Clones upgrade to VMware Horizon 7.3.2 – VMware Communities
• Workaround for Windows 10 1709 and VMware Horizon Composer – VMware Communities
• Great blog on Optimizing Horizon Blast for high-end 3D graphics with NVIDIA graphics cards – Werner Rüegg

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

VDA

• When Citrix Desktop OS VDA is upgraded to Windows 10 v1709, Windows will roll back – This issue is fixed with the Windows 10 update released by Microsoft on 14th November 2017 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix will support XenDesktop 7.15 on Windows 10 1709 after two upcoming Microsoft patches – Comments

WEM/Profile Management

• New post on Citrix WEM Client Side tools for troubleshooting and more – James Kindon

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.1000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 1

NetScaler

• Getting started with NetScaler nFactor Authentication framework – Citrix Jake Rutski

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service Nov 17 – StyleBook for NetScaler as SAML iDP for Google Apps, MA Agent proxy support, app peak usage – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• No NetScaler Gateway EPA OPSWAT for Mac 10.13 until Q2 2018? – Citrix KB article

Other

• Data comparison of NVIDIA GRID Tesla P4 and P40 – six P4 is better value than three P40 – Jan Hendrik Meier
• Nutanix AHV Plug-in For Citrix Director Release 1.0.1.0 – TLS 1.2 support

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix LTSR Assistant v1.5.0.55 (November 10) – updated XenServer LTSR version to 7.1.1, non-default ports for Delivery Controller

VDA

• Optimizers: VMware VS Citrix! Why not both? – LoginVSI VSIMax comparison – Chris Twiest
• SetDefaultBrowser v1.0 – lets you configure the Default Browser per User on Server 2016 and Windows 10 (1607) – Christoph Kolbicz

HDX

• Citrix Browser Content Redirection for HTML5 video – upcoming feature? IE only? – Citrix Blog Post

XenMobile

• What’s new in XenMobile Cloud Service 10.7.3 – MSI deployment to Win10, ADMX import for Win10 – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.9.105.0 released Nov 8, 2017
• Download ShareFile User Management Tool 1.9 for Policy Based Administration

Citrix Cloud

• What’s New in XenApp Essentials Cloud Service – Nov 2017 – lots of new features (e.g. new Workspace UI) – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Toolbox 7.3-20171030 dated 2017 Oct 30 – bug fixes
• Manage Microsoft Outlook search indexing with VMware App Volumes Writable Volumes – video showing how to edit snapvol.cfg and scripts

Microsoft

• How to Install and configure Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard multi-subnet BAGs for Citrix XenDesktop and XenMobile – Patrick van den Born

Other

• NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 5.1 (November 2017) – Support for the Tesla P100 12GB GPU